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"content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me the opportunity also to speak my piece. I want to start by joining my colleagues in congratulating Kenyans for what we just did; bringing about the new Constitution. This was great to this country and I want to thank the President, the Prime Minister and all those who were involved in the wonderful work that was done. Equally so, I want to thank Mr. Samoei for championing the âNoâ side because it gave Kenyans a chance to see what democracy is all about and, for those of us who were in favour, to go an extra mile to explain to Kenyans what the Constitution is. So, it is important that we congratulate ourselves because this is behind us. The Constitution is ours; those who were in âNoâ and âYesâ sides. Having said that, I want to take this opportunity to congratulate the leadership of this House, especially the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker and those who assist to conduct business in this House in a very mature way; a way that shows that we have come of age. I really want to congratulate them; all of you and say that this august House has the capacity to ensure that this Constitution is implemented. I also want to say that even as we go for this deserved recess, we must use this opportunity to teach our people what the Constitution is all about. It will be useless to have such a wonderful document and we do not implement it. The Kenyans must change! We must change our attitude! What happened, for example, at Uhuru Park, must be condemned by every Kenyan of sound mind. That is not what we should display as a nation. We must show other countries that we are mature as a nation and that we respect the views of other people. That way, we will not have our people shouting anywhere, whether it is Uhuru Park or wherever. We should give people a chance to speak their mind and express their views. I also want to say that this country must change the way it conducts its education. As we are now, Kenyan children live as Kisiis, Kikuyus, Luos or whatever. We want our children to go to all parts of the country to study, so that we eliminate this issue of ethnicity; this issue of tribalism; we create a nation of Kenyans so that our children will know that they are given equal opportunity any time anywhere in this country. It is extremely important that we bring our children up knowing that they are Kenyans, patriotic and that they will fight for this country; for the flag of Kenya, so that we grow up knowing that we have left a legacy. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to say that it is so pathetic that this Government of ours has not taken care of the IDP situation. We still have IDPs out there, our own people being refugees in their own country. It is a shame and the Government must go out of its way and ensure that it has done what it must do to resettle our Kenyans once and for all. I want to wish our hon. Members good recess so that, when they go out there, we also get involved in our CDF projects. That is very important. If we want to be re-elected to this House, we must go out there and work with our people. So, this is a deserved adjournment which we strongly support and we need this occasion to go out there and make sure that our people benefit from whatever resources that the Government gives."
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